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Do Muslims know Jesus?

I doubt there would be a problem with it. In private religious schools, they have general religion classes, and history of religion classes, as opposed to Christian-only classes which are pushing Christianity (which seems to be a common misconception regarding private Christian schools).

Our theology courses are more geared towards morality as opposed to religion. The first year is like a crash course where we learn about all the different religions of the world. The second year takes a look into the bible specifically for morality. And finally the third and fourth year become extremely focused on morality and ethics and social sciences, drawing upon the world today and the religions.

Never once has religion been "imposed" on us like some people think XD
 
Never once has religion been "imposed" on us like some people think XD

That was pretty much the point I was making. I have never seen any private school pushing their own brand of religion, and here in Texas, where religion is a pretty strong cultural trait, I have known many kids who were educated in private schools, both children, and college students.
 
My Mormonism is a bit rusty, and perhaps outdated. I thought Jesus, God (Eloheim), and Lucifer were separate beings.

This is true. I am unsure if there is a supreme deity in Mormonism (my guess would be Eloheim, the father of Jesus/Lucifier).

The repeated mention, here, of Lucifer, threatens to lead to some rather misleading conclusions. A common criticism directed at us is to accuse of of believing that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers, and that this implies a higher status for Lucifer than we really believe.

To clarify, we believe that Elohim is the father of all of our spirits. In the spiritual sense, this means that all of Mankind are the children of God, and are all brothers and sisters. Jesus is unique in that he is also physically the son of God as well as spiritually. He was the first of God's spiritual children, and was chosen for his unique role in God's plan for all of us.

Lucifer, also, like all of us, is one of God's spiritual children. So, yes, this does make him a brother of Jesus, but not in any different sense than that in which every one of us is a brother or sister of Jesus. In his arrogance, he proposed a plan of his own, in opposition to the plan that God had already established, and sought to claim for himself a position within his plan similar to the role that Jesus was to fulfill in God's plan. He led a rebellion against God, and a third of God's children followed him in his rebellion. This rebellion was defeated, and Lucifer,and all those who took his side, have been cast down, never to progress beyond that stage of existence. All of us who have been allowed to progress to the stage of being born into the mortal lives we now experience, were among those who sided with God, and against Lucifer.


I believe the teachings of Mormonism say that an ascended Mormon is a god, and each rules a planet.

There's really not a lot of clear doctrine on this point. There is a great deal of speculation and extrapolation, most of it, it seems created by those who look to create an argument against Mormonism.

I would say that what is clear is that we are all the children of God, and as such, we all have the potential to become everything that he is; and that a major purpose of his plan for us is to guide as many as possible of us to achieve this potential.

Now whether it is fair to say that those of us who succeed will be “a god, and each rules a planet.” is hard to say. To me, that seems like an awfully small-minded view. We know that our God has created worlds without number; so if achieving our full potential means that we will eventually become Gods in the same sense as our own God, then I have a difficult time imagining that any of us who achieve that will be satisfied just to “rule” one planet.

In fact, even the use of the word “rule”, here, seems to miss an important point. It seems to imply that our God has created us just so that he can rule over us, have power over us, and somehow stroke his own ego, and that it would be for similar reasons that any of us would do likewise. Alas, my wife and I have no children, and it appears that we never will, but it is clear to me that if we were to have children, it would not be so that we could “rule” over them. It seems clear to me that if I had children, my purpose would be to help these children to grow up to become adults, and to achieve the fullness of their potential. Why should God's purpose for us be any different; and if, somewhere along the way, we become Gods, why should our purpose for our children be any different?
 
True. It is just interesting that, although Judaic followers refer to Jesus rather disparagingly (false prophet), Christians draw from Judaic scripture and (currently) have a less tolerant view of Islam.

Mad world.

actually the vast majority of Jews say nothing about Jesus. He doesn't figure in our theology
 
actually the vast majority of Jews say nothing about Jesus. He doesn't figure in our theology

Which is why he's considered a false prophet. The notion of him being an aspect of God is sacrilegious. At least that's what I've heard. I'm not a Judaist.
 
Elohim is just a title, Hebrew for "Lord", I'm not sure that constitutes as a name.

The closest thing we have to a name for God when referring to Abrahamic religions is YAHWEH.

neither one of these things is true.

The Hebrew word for LORD is Adonai.
Elohim is a Biblical name of God that appears in early part of the Bible. It is plural for God.

Yahweh is a word made up trying to pronounce the Hebrew tetragram Yud Hey Vav Hey by using the vowel sounds of Adonai. It isn't a real name of God and no where close to the ancient name that was suppose to be part of the knowledge of the priests.
 
Which is why he's considered a false prophet. The notion of him being an aspect of God is sacrilegious. At least that's what I've heard. I'm not a Judaist.

No one I know refers to him as a false prophet.....he doesn't get that much discussion. There are times in Jewish history he is mentioned, but none of it is canonical or important to Jewish thought.
 
neither one of these things is true.

The Hebrew word for LORD is Adonai.
Elohim is a Biblical name of God that appears in early part of the Bible. It is plural for God.

Yahweh is a word made up trying to pronounce the Hebrew tetragram Yud Hey Vav Hey by using the vowel sounds of Adonai. It isn't a real name of God and no where close to the ancient name that was suppose to be part of the knowledge of the priests.

Woops, I just remembered Elohim (alongside with Adonai, which you are right means "Lord", Elohim was the singular/plural way of saying God) was one of the ways to call God since YAHWEH was considered too sacred to be uttered.

Thanks for the correction it has been a little bit since I learned that.
 
I doubt there would be a problem with it. In private religious schools, they have general religion classes, and history of religion classes, as opposed to Christian-only classes which are pushing Christianity (which seems to be a common misconception regarding private Christian schools).

In California, they teach comparative religions in sixth grade, covering the basic differences between Christianity, Judaism, etc. The teacher has to be careful not to be accused of preaching a particular religion, but it works fairly well.

I was teaching a group of sixth graders one time. Knowing that they went to Catechism, I asked the question, "what is your religion, is it Christianity, Judaism, what?"

They couldn't tell me. So much for the efficacy of teaching Catechism.
 
The answer is yes.

The Quran mentions Jesus (favourably) numerous times. More than it does Muhammed himself, actually, and consider Jesus to be a Prophet of God equal to Muhammed.

It doesn't consider Jesus to be God incarnate. But then neither does Judaism or Mormonism. It appears that Jesus is revered far more in Islam than he is in Judaism -- although the notion that Jesus is God is equally heretical in both theologies.

Food for thought.

I was taught that everyone who knows themselves knows Jesus, because He's in all of us.
 
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